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Saturday, January 23, 2016

23 Jan - Blogs I'm Following

Indonesian
agriculture officials routinely inflate rice harvest data to present a
rosy picture to the government and keep farm subsidies flowing, but
their latest phoney numbers could lead to a severe shortage of the
staple in coming months, officials say.

A
dissident author awarded Rp 1 billion by the courts in compensation for
unfair imprisonment, sanctioned by former President Suharto, has
revealed he will use the money to realize his long-time dream of
establishing an international school in Indonesia's outermost islands.

The
US war against ISIS and other terrorist organisation is “a total hoax”
due to the fact that Washington created these organisations in order to
implement it’s policy in the Middle East, a political analyst has
claimed. Writer and analyst Stephen Lendman says American’s role in the
Middle East is to destabilize and devastate its populations, and has
absolutely nothing to do with destroying fake terrorist organisations
such as ISIS and al-Qaeda. “America’s so-called war on terrorism is a
total hoax. America isn’t waging war on ISIS [Daesh/ISIL], or other
terrorist groups, it creat...more »

Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad famously declared in an interview: “How can
you say al-Qaeda doesn’t have an air force? They have the Israeli air
force.” “It’s very clear. Because whenever we make advances in some
place, they attack in order to undermine the army,” Assad said last
year. Yalibnan.com reports: “Putin is the big Satan, Assad is the little
Satan, Israel is now a friend, they help us”, declared Ala, lying on
his hospital bed, one leg blown away, the other pinned and swathed in
bandages. He had been manning an anti-aircraft gun when Russian
warplanes struck, a missile ki...more »

Using
new types of lenses scientists have said that we can now see “entities”
or “anomalies” both in space and our terrestrial environment. According
to scientists at Thunder Energies Corp these entities are being
detected mostly around military installations and industrial sites.
Bb-tv.com reports: Thunder Energies Corp (TNRG:OTC) has recently
detected invisible entities in our terrestrial environment with the
revolutionary Santilli telescope with concave lenses (Trade Mark and
patent pending by Thunder Energies). Thunder Energies Corporation has
previously presented confirmations...more »

The
Popocatépetl volcano, one of the worlds most dangerous, has sent a mile
high toxic plume of ash into the air, sparking a mass-evacuation of
people living within 10 miles of it. The volcano is just 35 miles from
Mexico City, the world’s fourth most populated city and home to 20
million residents. Authorities say the risk of the volcano erupting is
severe, and the lives of millions is potentially at stake. The Celestial
Convergence reports: The volcano alert follows fears earlier this month
that a second large volcano in Mexico – the 3,850 metres-high Colima in
western Mexico – c...more »

A
scientist has showcased a new type of cancer treatment that uses
resonant frequencies to completely destroy different types of cancer
cells. Associate Professor and Director of Music at Skidmore College,
Anthony Holland, held a groundbreaking Tedx Talk named “Shattering
Cancer with Resonant Frequencies“. He told the audience his dream is to
one day see a future where children no longer have to suffer from the
toxic effects of cancer drugs or radiation treatment, and says he
believes his team may have found the answer. Humansarefree.com reports:
Many of us have likely seen or hear...more »

The
United States have announced plans to potentially invade Libya, citing
the threat ISIS expanding into the North African nation as
justification. Washington said that “decisive military action” is needed
in order to wipe out ISIS militants in Libya. US General Joseph
Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the New York Times,
“It’s fair to say that we’re looking to take decisive military action
against [Daesh] in conjunction with the political process in Libya. The
president has made clear that we have the authority to use military
force“. Sputniknews.com reports: To...more »

The
port of Calais remained closed to the public on Saturday as 500
migrants stormed the port, attempting to enter Britain. The closure
follows a march by 2000 French protestors who protested against migrants
living in poor conditions in the northern city of Calais.
Dailymail.co.uk reports: The protest on Saturday came as British Labour
leader Jeremy Corbyn visited the region, which is temporary home to
about 4,000 migrants camped out in hopes of finding a better life in
Britain, across the Channel. French officials said a group of 500 people
forced their way through police lines a...more »

Friday,
Bernie's campaign started using the Simon and Garfunkel ad in New
Hampshire and Iowa. The song is iconic and so is the minute-long ad. The
former right-wing Republican operative the Clinton campaign uses as an
attack dog, David Brock, one of the sleaziest and most dishonest players
in American politics, is claiming to the media that ad is racist for
not including enough people of color and said "From this ad it seems
black lives don't matter much to Bernie Sanders." It's exactly the kind
of response you would expect from a Republican. It's just odd that this
is a Hillary ...more »

A
U.S. Air Force missile maintenance team removes the upper section of an
intercontinental ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead in an undated
photo at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana. PHOTO: REUTERS/USAF/AIRMAN
JOHN PARIE/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS *CNN*: *Nuclear missile 'mishap' costs
Air Force $1.8M* (CNN)Three U.S. Air Force airmen have been stripped of
their nuclear certifications after a "mishap" caused approximately $1.8
million in damage to an intercontinental ballistic missile on May 16,
2014, officials said Friday. The incident occurred when the Minuteman
III nuclear miss...more »

A
rare viral strain of monkey fever has killed a 60-year-old woman from
Mauxi village in Goa, officials have confirmed. The Kyasanur Forest
Disease (KFD), the official name for ‘monkey fever’, is said to be
spread through ticks, a parasite commonly found on monkeys.
Weeklyvoice.com reports: The victim from the village in North Goa, 50 km
from Panaji, expired at the Goa Medical College Hospital located on the
outskirts of Panaji, where she was admitted last week after the fever
worsened. Confirming the death, Utkarsh Betodkar, state epidemiologist
at the Directorate of Health Services...more »

*So
cold I am wearing gloves inside.* It fell to 1C today in Taichung, the
coldest I've ever experienced here in Taichung, so cold I am wearing
cheap work gloves inside my house. Up at my university in Linkou at
about 200 meters of altitude, it snowed. It snowed also in Yilan and
several deaths of old people in northern Taiwan were reported. Because
houses are not heated or even insulated, a legacy of our
construction-industrial state's premium on speed of (shoddy)
construction, it wants to be as cold inside as it is outside. Concrete
houses are refrigerators... yet the worse thing...more »

The
Navy base protests continue every day of the year - no matter the
weather. No Navy base on Jeju Island, South Korea! I will be helping to
organize another delegation to Jeju and Seoul next summer (late July and
early August). Let me know if interested.

...and
still say so little. On the good side, and for the second day in a row,
the Irving press has a front page headline that is a real story. The
RCMP and the Crown are hoping a quiet solution to charges that RCMP
leadership was remiss when it sent police armed only with pistols to
catch a man armed with a semi-automatic rifle. Three police were killed
as a result. I see no reason to handle this discreetly. The dispatcher
knew the man was armed with several combat-style rifles. How could
lightly-armed police be sent to get him? How could an RCMP detachment
not have access to more...more »

Friday,
Hillary was busy driving up her own already unfavorable ratings by
joining the most vicious surrogates and staffers on her team
disseminating twisted lies about Bernie. Democrats hate negative
campaigning against other Democrats. Even Republicans are growing
restless-- at least in Iowa and New Hampshire-- with the tens of
millions of dollars in negative ads they can't escape from. TV, radio,
internet... the Republican candidates are tearing each other apart. The
party's brand is being adversely effected each time one of the
candidates starts pounding on another one. The l...more »

“The
Big Dipper is an easy to recognize, well-known asterism in northern
skies, though many see the Plough or Wagon. Famous bright nebulae of the
north can also be found along its familiar lines, highlighted in this
carefully composed scene with telescopic insets framed in the
wider-field skyview. *Click image for larger size.* All from Messier's
catalog, M101 and M51 are cosmic pinwheel and whirlpool on the left,
spiral galaxies far beyond the Milky Way. To the right, M108, a distant
edge-on spiral galaxy is seen close to our galaxy's own owl-faced
planetary nebula M97. Taken on Ja...more »

*"Curriculum"*
by Chet Raymo “Of an evening blackbirds congregate in the tree below in
Ballybeg. Flocks of blackbirds. We can hear their raucous disquisitions
here on the hill. In their black academic gowns, their fluttering
sleeves. What are they debating? The "Summa Theologica?" Pascal's
"Pensees?" Newton's biblical arcana? ․ "The blackbird whirled in the
autumn winds. It was a small part of the pantomime..." Those solitary
desert fathers, the corncrake and the cuckoo, in the field and on the
heath, are gone, victims of mechanical agriculture, with their elemental
message...more »

*“For
The Time Of Necessary Decision”* “The mind of time is hard to read. We
can never predict what it will bring, Nor even from all that is already
gone Can we say what form it finally takes; For time gathers its moments
secretly. Often we only know it’s time to change When a force has built
inside the heart That leaves us uneasy as we are. Perhaps the work we
do has lost its soul Or the love where we once belonged Calls nothing
alive in us anymore. We drift through this gray, increasing nowhere
Until we stand before a threshold we know We have to cross to come alive
once more. May we ...more »

“Believe
me, I know all about it. I know the stress. I know the frustration. I
know the temptations of time and space. We worked this out ahead of
time. They're part of the plan. We knew this stuff might happen.
Actually, you insisted they be triggered whenever you were ready to
begin thinking thoughts you've never thought before. New thinking is
always the answer.” “Good on you,” The Universe “Thoughts become
things... choose the good ones!” - www.tut.com

So
I'm on the Yonge Line with the dog. And this tall young man gets on and
sees the dog and wants to pet it and we end up having a conversation.
He's got short, blond hair. He's good-looking in a kind of babyish way.
For his height and his build his facial bones haven't gotten the
thickness that separates a man from a boy. I'm figuring he's still in
high school. So he tells me that he's got an idea for how to help the
homeless. Give them a dog to look after. Also, get them a place to stay
and a job to go to. But the dog is crucial. The dog will give them
companionship and support,...more »

Evidence
of US activity at Rmelian airfield in #Syria (controlled by #Kurdish
#YPG)? New @Stratfor image #voaalert pic.twitter.com/BHaT1JguIC — Jeff
Seldin (@jseldin) January 22, 2016 *Dave Majumdar, National Interest*:
*Are U.S. Special Forces Facing a Syrian 'Black Hawk Down'?* As part of
an expanding campaign in the region, American special operations forces
have taken the Rmeilan air base in Syria. The base is located in the
northeastern part of Syria near the Turkish and Iraqi borders—which is
an area dominated by the Kurds. According to the London-based Syrian
Observatory f...more »

.
. . during the Cold War, there were some white looking “terrorists” –
the left-wingers belonging to several revolutionary cells, in Italy and
elsewhere in Europe. But only now we are learning that the terrorist
acts attributed to them were actually committed by the Empire, by
several European right-wing governments and intelligence services. You
remember, the NATO countries were blowing

"There
is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of
society than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden
forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and does it in a
manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose. Lenin is said
to have declared that the best way to destroy the Capitalist System was
to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation,
governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part
of the wealth of their citizens. By this method they not only
confiscate, but they confiscate ...more »

*"What
Is A Middle Class Income In America?" * A lot less than you think and
Americans are getting poorer by the day. by mybudget360 "Questions
around being middle class are coming up a lot in the last few years.
This inquiry is coming up because people are grasping at straws trying
to maintain a quality of life that reflects a middle class lifestyle but
many have incomes that simply do not support their spending. Americans
are set to become poorer this year. As we penned an article talking
about the destruction of the middle class economy, for the first time in
a generation the mid...more »

*
To understand the week end news...we're taking a trip through 2 weeks
of developments* *January 7/2016: The Top US Military Official Arrives
in Turkey. Who Greets Him?...* *More then two weeks has passed since
that post. * It appeared clear, to me anyway, the destabilization of the
Syria/Iraq/Turkey situation was going to take a turn for the worse-
Preparations were clearly being made between the US and Turkish
Military- With milit*ary requests coming from Turkish military being
made directly to US military counterparts.** This was NATO planning.
Erdogan was out of the loop, as h...more »

Scientists
in Spain have created a “magnetic wormhole” in the laboratory which is
reportedly capable of transmitting magnetic fields invisibly through
space. While the manufactured wormhole does not connect two separate
points in “spacetime” as does a genuine theoretical wormhole and cannot
answer physic’s and cosmology’s fundamental questions, it can however
connect two points in three dimensional space, albeit
electromagnetically. Researchers at the Universitat Autònoma de
Barcelona have developed a spherical device capable of transferring a
magnetic field from one point in space ...more »

Even
now, Williams worried about his public image, fretting to Larry
Lucchino that he did not want to be regarded simply as a baseball owner,
or even a brilliant lawyer.He wanted to be seen as a man who was
concerned with the great events of the day - a "wise man" who counselled
the powerful even if he did not hold public office himself. Jesse
Jackson certainly saw him that way. "*No matter who was in, Williams was
never out,*" said the black political leader. "*You came to him.*"
Jackson would call Williams to chat about politics and power jn
Washington at least once a month, an...more »

U.S.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter addresses U.S. military personnel during a
meeting near an F-16 fighter jet at Osan U.S. Air Base in Pyeongtaek,
south of Seoul, South Korea Thursday, April 9, 2015. Reuters/Lee
Jin-man/Pool *Ash Carter, Politico*: *It’s Time to Accelerate the ISIL
Fight* Thhe storied 101st Airborne Division will soon deploy 1,800
troops to Iraq to aid in the fight against ISIL. They will head there
with the support of the American people and armed with a clear campaign
plan to help our allies deliver the barbaric organization a lasting
defeat, which I personally ...more »

[image:
new_iran_prisoner_guy_900] When the United States and Iran swapped
prisoners last week, nothing was said to resolve the mystery about
another captive: Robert A. Levinson, a Central Intelligence Agency
consultant who disappeared in Iran in 2007. Iranian leaders have long
said that they knew... Continue reading *“New Clues on C.I.A. Consultant
Who Vanished in Iran”* at *nytimes.com*.

[image:
clinton 400] There are two large questions as the Democratic campaign
in Iowa enters its final days. One is whether Sen. Bernie Sanders can
generate a significant turnout among first-time caucus attendees. The
second is whether the organization that Hillary Clinton has... Continue
reading *“Clinton Needs an Iowa Victory to Blunt the Momentum of Bernie
Sanders”* at *washingtonpost.com*.

I
read with interest that the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition have
decided to stand aside at a February council by-election in the Lower
Stoke ward of Coventry. According to the *Cov Telegraph*, TUSC are
seeking talks with Jeremy Corbyn about a merger between TUSC and Labour,
and an alliance to fight the next round of local government cuts the
Tories are due to impose on councils. Speaking for TUSC, Dave Nellist
(who else?) said "Unfortunately TUSC hasn’t yet had the opportunity to
sit down with Jeremy to discuss what he can do to get Labour
councillors, in Coventry and else...more »

Although
Hillary Clinton (51.2%) still leads Bernie Sanders (38%) in the most
recent national polls among Democratic primary voters, according to Real
Clear Politics, Sen. Sanders is now well ahead in New Hampshire (51.6%
to 36.8%), closing the gap in Iowa (41.5% to 47.9%) and ripe with
momentum just about everywhere. In mid-November, Sanders had trailed
Clinton in Iowa by 25%. He has narrowed that to just 6.4%. In early
December, Sanders was ahead by just 2% in New Hampshire. That lead has
now grown to 14.8%. And Mrs. Clinton was ahead nationally by 27.4%. She
now leads by half...more »

The
US government is to surrender its control of internet’s underlying
technology this year, giving up the administration of Internet IPs
& Domain Names and moving towards a more global governance. For
the first time since American academics launched the network 47 years
ago, the gate-keeping of online addresses will be decentralized to
include foreign governments, businesses and individual users, in a
symbolic move that is made to reflect the integrity of the system that
allows access to the World Wide Web. The Independent reports: The
non-profit body which administrates domain name...more »

[image:
FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2015, file photo, former New York Mayor Michael
Bloomberg speaks during the C40 cities awards ceremony, in Paris.
Bloomberg is taking some early steps toward launching a potential
independent campaign for president. That's according to three people
familiar with the billionaire media executive's plans. They spoke on
condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly
for Bloomberg. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)] NEW YORK (AP) -- Former
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is taking early steps toward launching
an independent campaign ...more »

[image:
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign
rally at Dordt College, on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, in Sioux Center,
Iowa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)] SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (AP) -- Republican
presidential candidate Donald Trump says his supporters are so loyal
they would stick with him even if he shot somebody. The comment came as
Trump contrasted himself with rivals such as Ted Cruz, his...more »

*Jeremy
Herb, Politico*: *Will Trump flunk the commander-in-chief test?* The
real-estate mogul thinks he's got what it takes. The GOP establishment
thinks otherwise. The Republican defense establishment is terrified
Donald Trump will fail the “commander in chief test” with voters should
he continue to defy all predictions and become the GOP nominee. Just a
few months ago, at an annual gathering of national security leaders at
the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California, former Republican
lawmakers and national security officials openly dismissed the real
estate mogul-tur...more »

A
Worcester woman claims that a £33 million lottery prize that has
remained unclaimed belongs to her and that her winning ticket was
accidentally put in the wash with the rest of the washing. The lottery
organizers Camelot announced that a winning ticket purchased in
Worcester had remained unclaimed and asked residents to ‘check down side
of sofas.’ The lotto player insists that her fading ticket is the real
deal and wants the £33 million prize money. The Guardian reports: The
woman, who refused to be named, claims the paper slip went through the
washing machine in the pocket of a p...more »

[image:
Candles and flowers placed as a memorial lay near the La Loche,
Saskatchewan, junior and senior high school on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016.
The shooting occurred Friday. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)]
TORONTO (AP) -- Police on Saturday charged a 17-year-old boy with four
counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder in a
mass shooting at a school and home in an aboriginal community in western
Canada, officials said....more »

[image:
Danny Stalworth leans against a fierce wind as he tries to clear his
sidewalk early Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, in Atlantic City. Most of the
state was facing a blizzard warning from Friday evening until Sunday
that called for up to 24 inches of snow, with the deepest accumulations
in the central part of the state. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)] Airlines
canceled more than 6,600 flights this weekend as the blizzard hitting
the East Coast brings major cities to a standstill. The bulk of
Saturday’s 4,440 cancelations are at airports in the New York City and
Washington metro areas, accordin...more »

[image:
This image provided by the Orange County, Calif., Sheriff's Department
on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, shows three jail inmates charged with
violent crimes who escaped from the Central Men's Jail in Santa Ana,
Calif. The men from left are, 37-year-old Hossein Nayeri, charged with
kidnapping and torture; 20-year-old Jonathan Tieu, who is charged with
murder, and 43-year-old Bac Duong, charged with attempted murder.
Sheriff's Lt. Jeff Hallock said Saturday that the inmates were last seen
at 5 a.m. on Friday and could have escaped anytime between then and
late Friday night. (Orange...more »

*"Your
Radiation This Week, Jan 16, 2015 to Jan 23, 2016"* By Bob Nichols * "I
didn't say it would be easy. I just said it would be the truth."* -
Morpheus (San Francisco) January 23, 2016 – "Good Day, this is “Your
Radiation This Week.” These are the recorded Radiation Highs that
affected some people this week around the United States. You should
compare the Rad numbers directly with the Rad numbers in with my
articles listed on the VT Author’s Page here. These are the American
cities that exceeded 1,000 CPM this week. *Only twenty-four (24)
American cities topped out at more than 1,...more »

Iranian
President Hassan Rouhani (R) meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in
Tehran, Iran January 23, 2016.REUTERS/President.ir/Handout via Reuters
*Reuters:* *Iran, China agree $600-billion trade deal after sanctions*
Iran and China agreed to expand bilateral ties and increase trade to
$600 billion in the next 10 years, President Hassan Rouhani said on
Saturday during a visit to Tehran by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Xi is
the second leader of a U.N. Security Council member to visit Tehran
after the nuclear deal Iran struck with world powers last year. Russian
President Vladi...more »

US
Vice President Joe Biden has said that the US and Turkey are prepared
for military solutions in Syria if a political solution cannot be
found….which is looking increasingly likely. The Geneva peace talks have
already been postponed “We do know it would better if we can reach a
political solution but we are prepared …, if that’s not possible, to
have a military solution to this operation and taking out Daesh‘” Biden
made the comments during a news conference following a meeting with
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, where he also stated that
Washington recognizes the Kurdist...more »

I
have constantly stated in my many rants that the present "migrant
crisis" that we are seeing in Europe that is destroying all European
nations as they stupidly allow these "migrants" and "refugees" to stay
in their nations, has been a planned operation for years... And there is
only one man alive today that has the money and the power to bring the
planned destruction of Europe to fruition, and this is of course the man
that I call "Dr. Evil", Gyorgy Schwartz, aka George Soros...... Lets
face the facts here... It cost MILLIONS of dollars to supply all the
boats and other means of t...more »

A
Trump campaign video had to be pulled that used pictures of WW II
Russian veterans with their chests full of medals. It does help if the
presidential candidate knows the difference between US and Russian
soldiers.....although it should be remembered that during WW II the US
and former Soviet Union were in fact allies against Nazi Germany. The
Soviets lost 27 million people in WW II and the US losses in all of WW
II were 419,400.

*From*
*Jenna Orkin* America's lead poisoning problem isn't just in Flint.
It’s everywhere "Snowzilla" Slams 85 Million Americans: Photos From The
Snow-Covered East Coast Calais On Lockdown After 100s Of Migrants Storm
UK-Bound Ferry Anyone Using New York City Roads After 2:30pm Will Be
Arrested Fruit, Vegetable Prices Soar In Canada: "If You Insist On
Eating Tomatoes, You're Going To Pay For It" Mitch McConnell Moves To
Grant The President Unlimited War Powers With No Expiration Date REPORT:
Michael Bloomberg is seriously thinking about running for president
ISIS has destroyed key oil...more »

In
his *NY Times* column yesterday, Nick Kristof talked about the feeling
of fundamental unfairness that has been sweeping the country and roiling
the election season. The feeling is devastating to the campaigns of
establishment hacks like Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton. Donald Trump and
Bernie Sanders don’t agree on much. Nor do the Black Lives Matter
movement, the Occupy Wall Street protests and the armed ranchers who
seized public lands in Oregon. But in the insurgent presidential
campaigns and in social activism across the spectrum, a common thread is
people angry at the way thi...more »

[image:
outbound, WSJ] The selfless work of missionaries was poignantly
illustrated by the terrorist murder on Jan. 15 of 45-year-old Michael
Riddering, an orphanage director in West Africa. Riddering and his wife,
Amy, left Hollywood, Fla., in 2011 to minister to impoverished
children... Continue reading *“The Missionary Killed by Islamist
Terror”* at *google.com*.

*Vancouver-Mt.
Pleasant, when Ralph Sultan lived there*Odd. That's the only way I can
describe MLA Ralph Sultan's letter on The Tyee website. The Tyee
published a piece on the Vancouver-Mt. Pleasant provincial byelection,
profiling the candidates. The Liberal hopeful, Gavin Dew, didn't respond
to interview requests. So no quotes from him. (Disorganized campaign? A
strategic decision? Just one of those things? Who knows.) Sultan was
disappointed that his former campaign manager - Dew has been active in
the BC Liberals and Vancouver´s NPA - wasn't in the article. Sultan
wanted to help h...more »

[image:
Stranded_Mass_on_PA_turnpike] We’re sure many people stuck on the
Pennsylvania Turnpike have prayed before -- but how many of them have
Mass, with an altar made of snow? From Facebook: Returning from the
?#?marchforlife, these students traveling with their priest got stuck on
the PA Turnpike since...more »

Thousands
of people are on evacuation alert as one of world’s most dangerous
volcanoes shows signs of a possible catastrophic eruption. Vast clouds
of black smoke and ash have been bellowing from the Popocatépetl volcano
35 miles from Mexico City. The Mirror reports: The Popocatépetl volcano
, located 35 miles from Mexico City, is showing warning signs for its
first eruption since 2000. People within 10 miles of the mountain have
been placed on yellow alert, ready to escape immediately if activity
increases. Before the last Popocatépetl eruption, 41,000 people were
evacuated in adva...more »

The
US Air Force in collaboration with the world’s largest aerospace
company, Boeing, have created an electromagnetic pulse weapon. The
non-nuclear weapon can pinpoint buildings and wipe out entire electrical
grids instantly without the collateral damage associated with bombs.
Digital Trends reports: Known as the “CHAMP,” or Counter-electronics
High-powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project, the American military
project is an attempt to develop a device with all the power of a
nuclear weapon but without the death and destruction to people and
infrastructure that such a weapon caus...more »

Littoral
Combat Ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) CARAT Cambodia 2015 (Photo: MC2
Antonio Ramos/US Navy) *Defense News*: In Singapore, Another US Navy LCS
Is Sidelined With Machinery Problems WASHINGTON — For the second time
in a month, a US Navy littoral combat ship (LCS) has been sidelined due
to machinery problems. The Fort Worth, a Freedom-class LCS that has been
operating for more than a year in the western Pacific, “experienced a
casualty to the ship’s combining gears during an in-port period in
Singapore Jan. 12,” according to Lt. Cmdr. Matt Knight, a spokesman for
the US Pacific...more »

I
have come under attack by some trolls over the last while trying to
distort my statements that the "good guys" are winning in Syria... Yes, I
do look at the Bashar al-Assad government forces in Syria, along with
their allies, as the good guys in this "civil war" for the simple fact
that THEY are the ones that are freeing their nation from the criminal
intervention of the US/Israel/NATO cabal that wants Syria destroyed... I
always believe in the need to support those who are fighting for a true
righteous, and just cause, and the Syrian government forces and their
allies are truly th...more »

Norway’s
largest bank, DNB says that banking is now outdated and cash should be
completely phased out. Citing the “dangers and disadvantages” of cash,
an executive from the bank said that Norway should start the process of
becoming cashless straight away. The Local.no reports: Norway’s largest
bank, DNB, has said that cash has fallen out of favour with everyday
Norwegians and is instead primarily used on the black market and in
laundering schemes. “Today, there is approximately 50 billion kroner in
circulation and [central bank] Norges Bank can only account for 40
percent of its us...more »

[image:
March for Life 2016] You drive in before dawn, with everything in sight
dark but the well-lit bus. Someone usually tells you to park over to
the side, because visitors will need the spaces close to the church
during the day. You get out...more »

[image:
Poland_map_flag] WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Thousands of Poles in cities
and towns across the country marched Saturday in freezing temperatures
to protest a slew of measures by the country’s new right-wing government
which they say are anti-democratic. The motto of the...more »

Admiral
Michael Rogers is commander of the U.S. Cyber Command and director of
the National Security Agency. PHOTO: MIKE BLAKE/REUTERS Wall Street
Journal: *NSA Chief Says U.S. at ‘Tipping Point’ on Cyberweapons*
*Policy makers largely agree on rules of engagement for defense, but
offense still undecided.* WASHINGTON—The U.S. military has spent five
years developing advanced cyberweapon and digital capabilities and is
likely to deploy them more publicly soon, the head of the Pentagon’s
U.S. Cyber Command said Thursday. Adm. Mike Rogers, who is also director
of the National Security...more »

*US
is building airbase in Syria without Syria's permission* According to
several alternate news sources...the United States of America has gone
ahead and started to build an airbase in the sovereign territory of
northern Syria. No permission was sought and none given by the
legitimate, democratically elected (in an internationally-monitored
election) government of Dr. Bashar al Assad. Militarily vulnerable
countries like Canada should be the first to rise up and call* "Halt!"*
to such activity. Why? The obvious reason is that *if the US gets away
with this illegal airbase...it ...more »

Louisiana's
*Duck Dynasty* Klan is split on who to support for president. None are
following North Carolina Republican Richard Burr's example and pledging
fealty to Bernie Sanders, but Phil Robertson, patriarch of the reality
TV show went for Cruz while Phil's son, Willie, a former Bobby Jindal
backer, is now pumping for fellow TV reality star, Herr Trumpf. "Mr.
Trump is a real leader. He represents success and strength, two
attributes our country needs. Like me, he is a successful businessman
and family man and I endorse his candidacy for President of the United
States," said Wil...more »

US
Vice President Joe Biden said that Washington recognizes the Kurdistan
Workers’ Party (PKK) is as much of a threat to Turkey as ISIS. Speaking
alongside the Turkish prime minister during a press conference in
Istanbul, Biden voiced his support for a Turkish crackdown, saying
Kurdish militants and IS are ‘terror groups plain and simple’ He told
reporters that ISIS was “not the only existential threat to the people
of Turkey, the PKK is equally a threat and we are aware of that” Turkey
has however been criticised over its campaign against Kurdish militants.
A recent report by Amnes...more »

Diane
Ravitch's capacity for subtle manipulation has allowed her to put
together an army of bloggers and commenters, all of whom would,
doubtless, march off against the corporate education reformers if talk
had legs. Just like the pronouncements of their FairTest predecessors,
however, NPE and Ravitch's political movements are encased by the
corporate leadership of NEA and AFT, whom they must either mimic or
allow to take the lead in any matters related to moving against the
rephormist status quo that continues to be supplemented millions of
corrupting dollars from philanthrocapit...more »

I
have been stating for years now that the entire "war on terror" is a
massive fraud... Its entire purpose has been to scare gullible people
and to use the psychology of fear on people so that they demand
protection from their own criminal governments.... In return these
criminals will strip the people of their own rights and freedoms for the
illusion of "security" from the fraud terrorists.... It is so sad that
so many people are that stupid and have allowed their nations to be
turned into police states as a result.... Just today, I came across an
interesting article from the Inves...more »

[image:
Donald Trump] How could one of the good guys in this story become
corrupt enough to seek help from someone whose greed, brutality, and
lust for power were legendary? As Lewis well knew, it can happen more
easily and quickly than one... Continue reading *“Nikabrik’s Candidate:
Donald Trump”* at *firstthings.com* .

Angela
Merkel has delivered President Vladimir Putin an extraordinary,
strongly worded warning: ‘You are making a big mistake going rogue from
the New World Order – come into the fold before it’s too late.’ Merkel
is getting ‘more and more exasperated’ with the ‘reckless behaviour’ of
President Putin, to the point where she felt it necessary to instruct
Rudiger von Fritsch, the German Ambassador to the Russian Federation, to
pass on her strongly worded threat. It is understood Putin prefers not
to take direct personal telephone calls from Merkel, hence her use of
von Fritsch as mess...more »

*Martin
Matishak, Fiscal Times*: *Where Did $800 Million in Afghan Aid Go? The
Pentagon Shrugs Its Shoulders* A top Defense Department official and the
federal watchdog charged with overseeing U.S. spending in Afghanistan
clashed on Wednesday about a now-defunct Pentagon task force that spent
$43 million to build a natural gas station in that country, among many
other questionable expenditures. The Pentagon’s Task Force for Business
and Stability Operations (TFSBO), which received more than $800 million
from Congress to spend on economic redevelopment in Afghanistan, has
come under...more »

*or
anyone else, either.* I have never purported to be a Trump supporter. I
have also never come out in support of anyone else. I post things that I
think may be of interest and trust my readers to do their own research.
What *I said yesterday about the National Review* was not an
endorsement *for* Trump, but rather a repudiation of the condescending
attitude of the writers who chose to jump on the "dump Trump" bandwagon,
much of which was directed at supporters of Trump. No one likes being
spoken to as though they're idiots by a bunch of beltway
quasi-intellectuals who live in a...more »

I
recently saw an anti-transgender feminist rant that male-to-female
transgender persons do not “lose” male privilege because it is inherent.
Yet the feminist movement provides examples counter to this as does
history itself. Let’s look at just a few. In the 19th century, Irish
began arriving in the United States. They were very strongly “othered”
[…]

*SATURDAY,
JANUARY 23, 2016Scribe takes a look at the record:* Does USA Today's
David Mastio know what he's talking about? More specifically, does
Mastio know what he's talking about concerning elevated levels of lead
in the blood of children? Specifically, in the children of Flint,
Michigan? We don't know how to answer these questions. That said, Mastio
is deputy editorial page editor of USA Today. In an earlier life, he
was an environmental reporter for The Detroit News. Trigger warning!
Mastio also worked for the Washington Times for three years! That fact
may convince you to...more »

*From:
Cindy* *Subject: 9th Planet and What the Hell is THAT?* *Date: January
21, 2016 at 2:25:25 PM GMT+1* *To: American Kabuki * *Ciao Bill,* *I am
sure you have seen the media hype about a 9th planet:*
*http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-planet-discovered_us_569fbf96e4b0875553c28ac0*
*Okay, I am sure this is some form of "soft" disclosure, but it has
renewed interest in a question I have had for years.* *I have refrained
from having you ask the "data collectors" a question because I am sure
you have been bombarded with "who am I?" and "what do I do?" questions.*
*I do no...more »

*Peter
Navarro, Real Clear Defense:* *Can America Still Defend Taiwan?* During
the 1995-1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis, President Bill Clinton dispatched
aircraft carriers in defense of Taiwan’s right to elect a
pro-independence presidential candidate, Lee Teng-Hui. Now that Taiwan
has once again elected a new president with pro-independence leanings –
Tsai Ing-wen – this question must be asked: Will America once again
defend Taiwan if Beijing threatens anew its “renegade province”? This is
very real question as Beijing has already begun to rattle sabers,
swords, and missiles and threa...more »

[image:
Sarah Palin Wants To Be Trump’s Energy Secretary] As no doubt the
majority of human beings on this earth are now aware, Sarah Palin has
officially endorsed Donald J. Trump for the Presidency of the United
States -- and what a sobering endorsement it was for those of us...more »

President
Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared at a
news conference at the White House on Sept. 10, 2010, a time when both
countries began to split over the best means to keep Iran from an atomic
bomb. PHOTO: JASON REED/REUTERS *CNN:* *Kerry says 'fight' with
Netanyahu over, Obama to visit Israeli Embassy* Davos, Switzerland
(CNN)The recent thaw between the Obama administration and Israel was
further evident on Friday when the White House announced that the
President plans to deliver remarks on International Holocaust
Remembrance Day at the Israeli E...more »

*Reuters*:
*Exclusive: Saudi-Iranian proxy war over Syria spreads to Davos* Senior
Saudi and Iranian figures clashed behind closed doors at a private
meeting convened by the World Economic Forum in Davos this week to try
to promote peace in Syria, participants said. The barbed exchange
between Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad
Zarif at an invitation-only meeting on Wednesday underlined the
hostility between the two Gulf rivals, who are waging proxy wars in
Syria, Yemen and Iraq. Riyadh broke off diplomatic relations and cut off
trade and transport tie...more »

*At
Cape Canaveral, Florida rally in 1990 announcing I had been selected as
NASA's first activist in space* I've been getting lots of questions
from folks and thought I'd respond to some of them below. *1. Do you
really think the US wants to control space?* Imagine the *$$$* that can
be made moving the arms race (and nuclear power) into space! Mine the
sky for minerals that are now becoming scarce here on Mother Earth. Big
*$$$*! Pyramids to the heavens. *2. Have you ever considered going to
space yourself? * Yes, in fact I won a NASA contest to be the first
activist in s...more »

*"[Anti-Semitism]
maintains conspiracy theories that spread without limits. Conspiracy
theories that have, in the past, led to the worst "(...)" [The] answer
is to realize that conspiracy theories are disseminated through the
Internet and social networks. Moreover, we must remember that it is
words that have in the past prepared extermination. * *We need to act at
the European level, and even internationally, so that a legal framework
can be defined, and so that Internet platforms that manage social
networks are held to account and that sanctions be imposed for failure
to enforce" ...more »

Given
the huge decline in oil prices over the past year, I thought it might
be useful to put the current price in some historical perspective. Below
is the price of oil relative to wages. Roughly, the graph shows the
number of hours a production worker needs to work to make enough to buy
one barrel of crude oil. What is most striking to me how little
long-term trend there is (despite great volatility) and that the current
level is very much normal by historical standards. Click on graphic to
enlarge.

Language
& Spelling- Conjuring Reality. Always *Assad the “terror
magnet” must go- * *BB* How many perception managing ways can the regime
change agenda be presented? *The U.S. and six-nation Gulf Cooperation
Council said they see no future for Syria if President Bashar al-Assad
remains in power as he is a “magnet" for terror in the region.*
Of course, Assad is a "terror magnet". But just which
terrorist's are attracted to Syria and Assad? *The obvious
answer is... The terrorists pushing the regime change/balkanization
agenda!* * So let's read what one of those terrorists,
magneti...more »

[image:
Coal mining] "How many of you have been laid off at least once in your
career as coal miners?" Robert Murray asks a group of coal mining
foreman assembled at the St. Clairsville, Ohio headquarters of Murray
Energy. Nearly every hand in...more »

[image:
An attendee holds a sign as Democratic presidential candidate, Sen.
Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a campaign stop at Bedford High
School, Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, in Bedford. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are
shadowing each other across eastern Iowa, eager to carve out any
advantage in a race that’s deadlocked with just over a week until the
state’s lead-off caucuses. The candidates’...more »

[image:
In this photo taken March 2007, the Pyongyang International Airport is
shown.] SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A China-based travel agency said
Saturday an American university student recently detained by North Korea
is being held over an unspecified incident at his hotel before he was
scheduled to board a flight for Beijing....more »

[image:
Donald Trump Jimmy Kimmel Live] Republican presidential hopeful Donald
Trump makes use of strong and punchy words and easier-to-understand
language to answer political questions. You can observe the breakdown of
Trump’s response to a question about banning Muslim immigration in this
clip with Jimmy Kimmel... Continue reading *“Donald Trump’s Use of
Strong and Punchy Words”* at *youtube.com*.

[image:
Unidentified family members gather around a photograph of U.S. Marine
Lance Cpl. Ty L. Hart, 21, of Aumsville, Ore., during a memorial service
for the 12 Marines who died when their helicopters crashed off the
North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, Friday Jan. 22, 2016, at Marine Corps Base
Hawaii. Servicemen draped flight gear on 12 white crosses Friday to
commemorate the Marines who died when two helicopters crashed off the
coast of Hawaii during a nighttime training mission. Military members
and families gathered for the memorial service at Marine Corps Base
Hawaii in Kaneohe after...more »

Tunisia
is under a curfew again just five years after the Jasmine Revolution
which ousted the old corrupt regime of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali
in January 2015 and started the so called Arab Spring. Unemployment
protests have spread nationwide and become violent, resulting in a
nationwide curfew being imposed by the authorities to curb growing
social unrest. Al Jazeera English YouTube video: Protests over
unemployment rates and the economy had intensified and spread to several
cities including the capital. Press TV reports: Tunisia’s Interior
Ministry said on Friday that the c...more »

This
is Globe Telecom, one of two telecom duopoly in this country of 102 or
103 million people. The other is Smart/PLDT. Nice promise by Globe, no?
Happy customers, customers first, keep things simple, nice. Now here is a
testimony by one Globe customer, Sara Pagsibigan, whose story went
viral, shared 17,235 as of 10:42pm tonight as I write this. Globe, Mr.
Ayala -- your company should be ashamed of this viral story. Globe
should produce a corporate position paper recognizing this lousy service
and inform your subscribers what steps have been taken to avoid similar
situations. Or ...more »

The
week at Retraction Watch featured a brewing case over GMO research, a
10-reason retraction. and a retraction and apology from the CBC. Before
we get to this week’s reads from elsewhere, we’re happy to announce that
we’re launching a daily email newsletter that will include posts from
the last 24 hours, as well as links to […] The post Weekend reads:
“Research parasites;” CRISPR controversy; access to PACE data denied
appeared first on Retraction Watch.

http://www.cbc.ca/
There has been a lot of chatter recently about whether or not Kevin
O'Leary should make a bid for the leadership of the Conservative Party.
Linda McQuaig thinks it's a good idea -- because it would put inequality
squarely on the Canadian political map: What perhaps distinguishes
O’Leary from Rob Ford, Stephen Harper and Tim Hudak is the sheer
openness with which he advocates greed and making Canada safe for
billionaires. Ironically, if O’Leary enters the federal Conservative
leadership race, his candidacy c...more »

[image:
Evangelicals GOP voters] (CNN)It’s an axiom in American politics, duly
repeated every four years: Evangelicals are the country’s biggest and
most powerful religious voting bloc, especially during the GOP
primaries. Like many political axioms, though, it papers over a complex
reality. Yes, evangelicals... Continue reading *“The 7 Types of
Evangelicals and How They’ll Affect the Presidential Race”* at
*cnn.com*.

[image:
People walk past Capitol Hill and the Supreme Court in Washington,
Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, during the March for Life 2016, the annual rally
held on the anniversary of 1973 'Roe v. Wade' U.S. Supreme Court
decision legalizing abortion. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)] Despite a historic
winter storm bearing down hard, transportation sparse and the prospect
of having to trudge miles through the snow, the annual March of Life
carried on Friday in defense of the unborn. This year’s theme: “Pro-Life
and Pro-Woman...more »

[image:
In this Jan. 19, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate, Sen.
Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks during a campaign stop at Lino's Restaurant in
Sanbornville, N.H. Cruz is dreaming of a face-off with Democratic
front-runner Hillary Clinton, even before the first primary votes are
cast. He warns his supporters about what he thinks America will look
like under a Clinton administration, predicting a nuclear-armed Iran,
amnesty for millions of people in America illegally and the continuation
of President Barack Obama’s health care law.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)]
HOLLIS, N.H. (AP) -- ...more »

Is
there such a thing as *"Benign* Balkanization" *Benign; not causing
death or serious injury: not causing harm or damage* Let's think of the
violence inflicted on Palestinians by Jewish terror groups before and
after the UN decided to benignly balkanize Palestine? Netanyahu on
Syria: European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini with Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Davos, January 21, 2015.*Has there
really been no harm done in Syria? No death or serious injury? No
damage?* Regarding the future of Syria, *the prime minister said he
“doubts” a unitary Syrian state can ...more »

*Robert
Parmer* - The Wim Hof method best methods for taking control over your
body/mind connection. The post The Personal Transformation Technique
That Can Turn You Into Superman appeared first on Waking Times.

*Bloomberg*:
*World Changing for the Better* * Cites Iran deal, climate accord,
possible Minsk implementation * U.S. Secretary of State brings rare note
of optimism to Davos Much of the talk in Davos is of doom and gloom.
One man isn’t so downbeat. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry struck a
rare note of optimism Friday in a speech to executives preoccupied by
the faltering world economy, China’s woes and the rise of geopolitical
risk. Yes, a “narrow tribalism, aggressive nationalism” and “violent
extremists” present a real threat, but that isn’t the whole story,
according to the t...more »

This
week Florida-based PolitiFact looked at Florida congresswoman Debbie
Wasserman Schultz's scheme to undermine Bernie Sanders' campaign from
her perch at the DNC. If they were a judge and jury, she'd be going to
jail. Amy Sherman examined Wasserman Schultz's claim that the debate
schedule she put together was meant to "maximize" exposure for the
candidates. PolitiFact rated the claim "False," which is consistent with
pretty much everything Wasserman Schultz says when she gets caught-- as
she often does-- doing something shady. There has been a national
outpouring of anger towar...more »

[image:
global warming_climate gate_open atmospheric society] This just in from
a university professor: This issue (global warming) is so emotionally
charged. For instance, I approached a professor from (a well-known
evangelical Christian) University who teaches ES (Environmental Science)
and started dialogue about my concerns and reservations with AGW...more »

[image:
Trump and Cruz-900] At the moment, the Republican establishment is
relevant to the presidential-nomination battle only as an epithet. Less
than two weeks from the Iowa caucus, the fight for the Republican
nomination isn’t so much a vicious brawl between the grass roots...more »

An
artist’s impression from 2008 of the space debris in orbit around
Earth. Photograph: European Space Agency / Rex Feat *The Guardian*:
*Rise in space junk could provoke armed conflict say scientists*
Fragments of spent rockets and other debris orbiting the Earth pose
‘special political danger’ of damage to satellites being misconstrued as
attack. The steady rise in space junk that is floating around the
planet could provoke a political row and even armed conflict, according
to scientists, who warn that even tiny pieces of debris have enough
energy to damage or destroy military ...more »

[image:
Ben Cichy pulls a sled with his sons Adrian, 18-months-old, and Logan
3, inside as they head for sledding in the snow on Capitol Hill, Friday,
Jan. 22, 2016 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)] WASHINGTON (AP)
-- With long lead time from forecasters and stern warnings from
authorities, tens of millions of residents from northern Georgia to New
Jersey shuttered themselves inside to wait out a mammoth storm that made
travel treacherous and could...more »

[image:
Blizzard forecaster Screenshot__1453555908_173.71.16.53] Winter Storm
Jonas is unleashing its peak impacts on the mid-Atlantic and Northeast
Saturday morning with dangerous blizzard or near-blizzard conditions
ongoing across the region. Snowfall rates of up to 2 inches per hour
have been observed early Saturday morning... Continue reading *“Winter
Storm Jonas Bringing Peak Impacts to East Coast Today; Blizzard Warnings
From D.C. to NYC”* at *weather.com*.

Region:
Reports claim the U.S. has launched an expansion of an airstrip near
Rmeilan, which it is claimed would help it to better support the Kurdish
rebels who are fighting ISIS in the northeastern region of Syria *Daily
Mail:* *US officials deny ‘taking control’ of an airfield in northern
Syria after satellite pictures show a derelict landing strip doubling in
size to take cargo planes * * Images taken by security analysts
Stratfor appear to show expansion work * Would make Rmeilan, in the
north east, the first US-owned airstrip in Syria * Strategic airstrip is
near borders with I...more »

*At
Hung Tz-yung's HQ on Saturday night* *The all-too-familiar sight of
party strongmen vying for positions under the table does not bode well
for the self-proclaimed reform-minded KMT. Instead of wasting its time
in court politics, the party should realize the existential crisis it is
in. April 2015* It's KMT Chairmanship election time, and for the next
three months the KMT is going to be preoccupied with its internal
conflicts, doing less damage to Taiwan in the Ma-Tsai interregnum than
it otherwise might have. KMT chairmanship election fun... The alliance
said a number of KMT m...more »

[image:
VA - 900] The House Veterans' Affairs Committee wants to know if
there's any truth to an anonymous disclosure that the Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) is spying on whistleblower emails. An anonymous
whistleblower contacted the congressional committee after discovering IT
services at the...more »

*Frank
Huguenard* - A new documentary film series makes a clear, logical and
convincing argument for how the conventional worldview of life is
inherently incomplete. The post New Documentary Proves Existence of God
appeared first on Waking Times.

Sometimes
I look at some "other" Stack Exchanges such as math, history, and
linguistics. An hour ago, I was stunned by some incredible answers to a
rather simple question about the history: What did the Romans call black
people (sub-Saharan)? What did the Romans call black people
(sub-Saharan)? In classic Latin as well as vulgar latin and slang. That
is, what we today call PoC, blacks, n-word etc, depending on context.
Senile Purdue mathematician Alexandre Eremenko has demonstrated how the
political correctness can make one's brain absolutely unusable. His
answer: In my earlier...more »

[image:
March for Life 2016] An enthusiastic crowd showed its support for the
pro-life movement by attending the 2016 March for Life despite frigid
Friday weather and an impending blizzard in our nation's capital. A
number of demonstrators brought their own handmade signs displaying why
they...more »

*University's
Israel society event is attacked by demonstrators who throw chairs and
smash windows* One of Britain's top universities had to be evacuated
when violent protesters stormed an Israel society meeting and began
rioting. Ami Ayalon, the former head of the Israeli secret service Shin
Bet and commander-in-chief of the navy, was speaking with students at
Kings College London in his new role as a peace activist when the
campaigners - believed to be from KCL Action Palestine - burst in.
Eyewitnesses described seeing the mob throw chairs, smash windows and
set off fire alarms...more »

*Is
The American Medical Association in the tank for global warming?*
*Below is a current article from JAMA. It's not an official
pronouncement of the AMA but they published it. Most of the second
paragraph is simply incorrect. The author, Dr. Koh, allegedly a Master
of Public Health, appears to get his science out of New York Times
editorials rather than checking the figures for himself. Is that how low
American medical science has sunk? It seems so. And I am not surprised.
The leading British medical journals are similarly Leftist. *Lancet *
even attacked George Bus...more »

[image:
Kamala Harris - 900] California Attorney General Kamala Harris has
joined New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in trying to
prosecute Exxon Mobil for supposedly lying to its shareholders and the
public about climate change, according to the Los Angeles Times. The
Times reported...more »

*Daily
Mail:* *Arkansas teen says he was turned away from Marines because of
his Confederate flag tattoo* * Anthony Bauswell, 18, has the rebel flag
inked on his rib * He said he got 'Southern Pride' added so it wouldn't
be seen as racist * But the recruiter told him it was an 'automatic DQ' *
The military prohibits all racist, extremist or gang-related tattoos An
Arkansas teen said he was turned away from joining the Marines when he
revealed he had a Confederate flag tattoo. Anthony Bauswell, 18, has the
rebel flag inked on his rib, with the words 'Southern Pride' emblazoned
under...more »

A
friend asked me what is in the Philippine Constitution that can prevent
the country from joining free trade agreements (FTAs) like the Trans
Pacific Partnership (TPP). I said that it's the constitutional
prohibition or restriction of foreign equity investments in certain
sectors (ie, zero FDIs allowed); in other sectors, foreign equity
investments are limited to 40% max. Or the 60-40%, Filipino-foreign
equity restrictions. Industries with no or zero foreign equity allowed
include the following: 1. Mass Media except recording 2. Practice of
professions: Engineering, Law, Medicine and...more »

Super
Soldier *John Knefel, Inverse:* *How the Pentagon Is Building the
'Enhanced' Super Soldiers of Tomorrow* The world's militaries are in a
race to expand human thresholds for pain and cognition. The U.S. is no
exception. In wide-ranging remarks delivered last month, Deputy
Secretary of Defense Robert Work suggested that the United States’
enemies are working on ways to develop super soldiers reminiscent of
Captain America. “Now our adversaries, quite frankly, are pursuing
enhanced human operations, and it scares the crap out of us, really,”
Work said, according to FTAlphavill...more »

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Air
Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
answers a question at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.,
Jan. 21, 2016. The Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence
hosted the event, which focused on efforts to keep the armed forces at
the forefront of innovation. DoD photo by Army Staff Sgt. Sean K. Harp
*Breaking Defense:* *‘The Terminator Conundrum:’ VCJCS Selva On Thinking
Weapons* WASHINGTON: The vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
called today for an international debate about the use of intelligent
weapons and of boosted ...more »

Friends,
go get Jonathan Tasini's book, The Essential Bernie Sanders and his
Vision for America. You won't regret it (a terrific discussion about it
(and him) with Thom Hartmann can be found at
conversationswithgreatminds.com). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ So, is this the first
shot in the Revolution? Or was it Bernie's constantly increasing flock
of backers and their millions of contributions that has

(h/t
the ever-excellent Daphne Anson)... If you recall BBC Trending reporter
Mario Cacciottolo's promotion of a Palestinian propaganda story *vis a
vis *the junior doctors' strike, there's a very strong blast against it
from David Collier at *Beyond the Great Divide*. His piece ends: The
damage has been done. A terrorist supporting propagandist, has elicited
more sympathy for the Palestinian cause simply because the BBC have
become willing and blind accomplices. They fell for a PR trick and
spread the work of a PR man for the Palestinian cause, undiluted. The
‘reporters’ who reg...more »

[image:
Japanese Flags displayed by US Marines - 900] Japanese flags are
displayed by the weary Marines who captured them, as elements of Combat
Team C leave the front lines after 23 days of fighting at the Battle of
Cape Gloucester – Operation Dexterity - Wikimedia Commons

The
"Christmas presents" are flattering, ladies, but the FBI has a warrant.
#AndIHaveAGirl — Edward Snowden (@Snowden) January 18, 2016 GQ:
*Ladies, Edward Snowden Kindly Asks That You Stop Sending Him Nudes*
Look, we've all been there. One minute, you're sitting, watching the
news and you see a story about an exiled former CIA employee who blew
the whistle on a terrifying and far-reaching, secret government
surveillance program. The next minute, you're on Wikipedia, re-reading
information about his case. The next minute, moved, you turn to Twitter
to see what this American patri...more »

My
ex-colleague Subir Sachdev is one of the main world's condensed matter
physicists, if not the main one, who leads the application of the
stringy holographic methods to condensed matter physics. And the word
"Sachdev" appears in 9 TRF blog posts. Subir would surely deserve more.
;-) Kevin Hartnett has interviewed him for the Quanta Magazine: Taming
Superconductors With String Theory Before he was charmed by these
stringy methods sometime in 2007, Sachdev has done lots of important
work about phase transitions in various condensed-matter systems. I
actually remember some parties ...more »

As
you'll have spotted, we've not been able to post anything much over the
past week or two. There's very little time today either, so - apart
from that Jonty Bloom post above - here's a brief reprise of last
Sunday's *Sunday *on Radio 4, which didn't do much to lessen the
impression it often gives of being "the most liberal programme on Radio
4". The Anglican meeting that sanctioned the Church in the United States
over gay marriage was discussed with the bishop of Washington DC,
Mariann Budde (above), who - naturally - took the US Episcopal Church's
(liberal) side of the argume...more »

U.S.
Department of Defense *Business Insider*:* How the US Department of
Defense coordinates operations around the world* The US military has a
truly global reach, with a presence on every continent. To carry out the
herculean task of promoting US interests around the world, the
Department of Defense divides the globe into six areas of responsibility
and three non-geographic commands. Through these nine commands, the
military monitors the entire planet every minute of every day, every day
of the year. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor*: The United States
Transportation Command (TRANSC...more »

Thursday
night saw Radio 4 broadcasting its second major documentary of the year
relating to a possible Brexit - *In Business*, with Jonty Bloom. The
programme was called *Norway's European Dream*. I think it's fair to say
that quite a lot of 'Leave' supporters weren't impressed by its
'impartiality' - or its accuracy. Take, for example, *Dateline London*'s
Alex Deane: There's also a write-up of the programme by Jonty Bloom on
the BBC website headlined *How does Norway's relationship with the EU
work?* The case against Jonty Bloom is laid on on various blogs - the
clearest state...more »

We
just got back from our very first time at Monster Jam and it was an
absolute blast! My husband even came with us, which considering it is
usually just me and the girls, means it was completely awesome! It was
louder than we expected and we were glad that we brought ear plugs, but
we had so much fun. Lots of trucks and lot of crashes. What could be
better than that? My girls loved it and they loved cheering on the two
girl drives in the pack, as well as the crowd favorite, Grave Digger. I
think the wheelie competition was by far my favorite with the free style
following in secon...more »

Image
Credit U.S. Air Force *The Aviationist*: *A dozen F-22 Raptors have
arrived in Japan amid tensions in Northeast Asia over North Korea’s
nuclear test* Twelve F-22s belonging to the 525th Fighter Squadron from
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, have arrived at Yokota airbase,
in western Tokyo, on Jan. 20. The dozen Raptor stealth fighters will
soon be joined by 14 F-16s from the 18th Aggressor Squadron, based at
Eielson AFB, Alaska, and will be involved in a previously scheduled
joint training in Japan. Although it’s still not clear whether the
aircraft belong to an Air ...more »

A
U.S. professor has claimed that China is ready to deliver a nuclear
strike on U.S. territory at any moment. Lyle Goldstein, Associate
Professor in the China Maritime Studies Institute at the U.S. Naval War
College, says that the Chinese Navy is being set-up in order to launch a
nuclear strike against America. Pravdareport.com reports: One
particular graphic of the Chinese ballistic missile strikes by
nuclear-armed rockets against the United States, published in the Naval
& Merchant Ships counts for a lot! There are even marked the
best points for a hit in New York, that would mak...more »

The
new U.S. ISIS War Powers act for the use of military force against ISIS
allows the President to deploy military troops on U.S. soil.
Authorisation for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists (AUMF)
permits a state of martial law to exist throughout the United States, as
U.S. military personnel will, for the first time, patrol the streets of
America. The new AUMF was slipped in by Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell who invoked Rule 14, surprising the Senate. Sarah Mimms for
Defense One noted that invoking “Rule 14″ sets up the authorisation for a
future vote, but does not p...more »

*UPI*:
*U.S. to ask China to ban oil exports to North Korea, report says* *The
proposal also suggests banning flights of North Korean airline Air
Koryo to and from other countries.* SEOUL, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- The United
States is expected to ask China to ban oil exports to North Korea and
block imports of North Korean mineral resources, including iron ore and
anthracite, as part of tighter sanctions against Pyongyang. Quoting an
anonymous diplomatic source, Kyodo News reported the Obama
administration has prepared a draft proposal that could place China's
energy supply to the isolat...more »

Dutch
Prime Minister Mark Rutte told the World Economic Forum in Davos that
Europe has between six to eight weeks before it collapses due to the
influx of refugees arriving from the Middle East. Rutte warned that
unless the EU gets a grip on the migrant crisis, the entire bloc will
break up. Express.co.uk reports: Meanwhile French prime minister Manuel
Valls admitted the EU “could very well break up in a very short time”.
He warned the ongoing refugee crisis across Europe and the threat of
Islamic State (ISIS) terrorism could spell the end of the political
union on the continent. S...more »

The
new CNN poll of likely Iowa Democratic caucus participants showing
Bernie trouncing Hillary, sent Team Clinton off the deep end. Forget
their insane claims that Bernie is an NRA shill and a woman hater. Now
they''ve all been instructed to call him a racist. The last poll CNN
poll had her leading 54-36% and now Bernie's ahead 51-43%. Momentum is
important with the caucuses just over a week away. But at least the
Clinton campaign has its own media outlet to shape the news any way it
likes. *Blue Nation Review*, a website owned by professional slime
machine David Brock and run by...more »

The
Scottish Sceptic has gone out on a limb and predicted -This year global
cooling This is interesting because the RagMag New Scientist has
predicted that 2016 will be the hottest year ever - hotter that the MWP,
the Roman Warming, even hotter that the Holocene Climate Optimum. Even
the British Met " recently forecast that 2016 could be “at least as
warm, if not warmer” than 2015" Back to the RagMag New Scientist's
prediction that 2016 will be the hottest year . It appears that, through
Marc Morano's ClimateDepot, Kevin "Travesty" Trenberth is guessing (is
guessing scientific, Ke...more »

Air
Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
answers a question at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.,
Jan. 21, 2016. The Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence
hosted the event, which focused on efforts to keep the armed forces at
the forefront of innovation. DoD photo by Army Staff Sgt. Sean K. Harp
*Breaking Defense:* *‘The Terminator Conundrum:’ VCJCS Selva On Thinking
Weapons* WASHINGTON: The vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
called today for an international debate about the use of intelligent
weapons and of boosted ...more »

*New
York Times*: *This Time, Cheaper Oil Does Little for the U.S. Economy*
WASHINGTON — It has been a truism of the American economy for decades:
When oil prices rise, the economy suffers; when they fall, growth
improves. But the decline of oil prices over the last two years has
failed to deliver the usual economic benefits. As oil prices have fallen
to levels not seen since 2003 — sagging below $27 a barrel on Wednesday
before rebounding to about $30 on Thursday — many experts now say they
do not expect lower prices to bolster the domestic economy significantly
in 2016. “We got ...more »

*Bloomberg:*
*Saudi Arabia's Secret Holdings of U.S. Debt Are Suddenly a Big Deal* *
Hiding data is “mind-boggling,” says former Treasury official * Saudi
burns through $100 billion of reserves as strains emerge It’s a secret
of the vast U.S. Treasury market, a holdover from an age of oil
shortages and mighty petrodollars: Just how much of America’s debt does
Saudi Arabia own? But now that question -- unanswered since the 1970s,
under an unusual blackout by the U.S. Treasury Department -- has come to
the fore as Saudi Arabia is pressured by plunging oil prices and costly
wars in th...more »

Russia
have announced that they have added former US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton to its terror watchlist, after the Federal Security
Service (FSB) discovered that one of the Clinton campaign’s top monetary
contributors is a suspected ISI agent who funneled hundreds of millions
of dollars to terrorist groups in the Middle East. Hillary Clinton’s
addition to the terrorist sponsor watchlist makes her the highest
ranking US official to be put on the list. Whatdoesitmean.com reports:
As to what has raised the FSB’s “serious concerns” about Hillary
Clinton, this report explains, w...more »

Thousands
of dead seabirds have been reported as washed ashore on black rock
beach in Whittier, California earlier this month. Local biologist David
Irons says he has never seen such a huge number of dead birds in such a
small area before. “We have never found close to 8,000 birds on a 1-mile
long beach before,” Irons said. “It is an order of magnitude larger
than any records that I am aware of.” CNN reports: Biologists like
Tamara Zeller have been boating around Prince William Sound scanning the
beaches for dead and sickly murres. They also count the birds floating
in the water, sh...more »

Chinese
President Xi Jinping has declared his support for establishing a
Palestinian state, saying that the Palestinian capital should reside in
east Jerusalem – an area within the pre-1967-war borders. Jinping,
addressing the Cairo-based Arab League, said that the Palestinian
problem “should not be marginalized”. In a speech designed to assert
China’s political clout in the Middle East, the Chinese leader said:
“China supports the peaceful process in the Middle East [and] the
establishment of a Palestinian state with its capital being eastern
Jerusalem“. Haaretz.com reports: Xi an...more »

Stephen
Hawking has issued an apocalyptic warning to humanity, saying that
there are three possible events that could cause human civilisation to
cease to exist in the next one thousand years. Hawking says that the
dangers of nuclear war, global warming, and viruses created as a result
of genetic engineering means that humans must leave the planet as soon
as possible and find an alternative planet capable of sustaining life.
Pravdareport.com reports: All these dangers come as side effects of our
own science that has already invented such lethal dangers as the atomic
bomb, energy-in...more »

China
has announced that their military is fully prepared to defend the
islands in the South China Sea, having conducted several successful test
flights at a newly-built airfield in the area. China’s Navy chief, Wu
Shengli, said that China is confident that it is capable of defending
the sovereignty and security of the islands against outside threats.
Sputniknews.com reports: According to China’s Navy chief the amount of
defense facilities on islands and reefs of the Nansha Islands totally
depends on the level of threat China faces and China will not seek
militarization in the regi...more »

Military
expert Igor Korotchenko has said that Russia’s successful campaign
against ISIS in the Middle East has surprised and intimidated both NATO
and the United States. In an interview with Sputnik, the editor of
National Defense Magazine told them what the game-plan in Syria is all
about. “This is a matter of our commitments. Syria has been our
historical ally, and Russia could not leave Syria to the mercy of fate.
But again, the main motives of our president was the destruction of our
potential internal and external enemies,” he told Sputnik.
Pravdareport.com reports: “It took ...more »

Turkish
President Erdogan has expressed outrage over the presence of the
Russian military near to the Syrian-Turkish border. As tensions between
Ankara and Moscow soar, the Turkish government have said that Russia’s
air campaign in Syria has become intolerable, as Turkey ramp up their
security forces in the area. Sputniknews.com reports: On Friday, Turkish
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed new levels of panic, sounding
the alarm over the alleged presence of Russian inspectors at an airport
near the Turkish border. “We have said this from the beginning: we won’t
tolerate such...more »

Genocide
is defined as "the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial,
political, or cultural group". The majority of the residents of Flint,
Michigan are poor and unemployed black people having lost their jobs
when the auto industry moved out of their city. They are now superfluous
populations and the racist Republican Governor Rick Snyder of that
state knowingly allowed this lead in the water crisis to fester.
Capitalism doesn't give one damn about the people - corporate profits
come first, second, and last. The people on this planet need to walk
away from capitalism...more »

The
organized nature of the migrants currently flooding Europe en masse
could be an undercover operation designed to create a new mission for
NATO, whilst at the same time weakening the economy of Europe to further
Washington’s economic interests today in the Obama Crash of 2016. The
globe is facing a huge depression and politicians are desperate to do
whatever is necessary to further the agenda of their country. How have
the geopolitical ‘chess matches’ between Putin and Obama turned out so
far? Pravdareport.com reports: Chess Match 1 – Consider the pattern of
Washington actions aga...more »

Just
a quick look at the Irving press. Page A4 has a big story that
Progressive Conservative MLAs are waiting before endorsing a leadership
candidate. So bloody what? Let them wait. On A5, a New Brunswick veteran
has a war relic, a fragment of metal, he thinks is worth keeping. I
think it is, too. But it's none of my business or of anybody's except
the veteran. And now that I have that piece of information, I have no
idea what I'm supposed to do with it. Oh, and a local restaurant should
finish its renovations in about two weeks. Be still, my heart. And
that's it for the news. The ...more »

Encyclopaedia
Britannica *George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures:* *The Export Crisis:
The 10 Worst Hit Countries and the 5 Most at Risk* As the global market
for exports declines, we indicate some of the countries that will be
most affected by the downturn. Some have said the economic problems we
are currently seeing are similar to those experienced in 2008. However,
there are fundamental differences. In 2008, there was a financial
crisis. The financial system is the accounting system for the economy.
As such, it occasionally develops internal irrationalities that can be
exploited...more »

I've
heard a lot of odd things about Mitch McConnell-- especially in regard
to Pickle Park Cherokee, Waverly and Coxs parks in Louisville-- but I
never heard he was an acid head. Maybe someone slipped him a dose in his
bourbon Wednesday night. Out of the blue-- with no warning to his own
leadership team, let alone the Democrats or the party's presidential
candidates-- McConnell used a parliamentary maneuver to tee up and
fast-track a debate for a complete blank check war authorization against
ISIS. McConnell's surprise au­thor­iz­a­tion for the use of mil­it­ary
force "would not r...more »

“NGC
6240 offers a rare, nearby glimpse of a cosmic catastrophe in its final
throes. The titanic galaxy-galaxy collision takes place a mere 400
million light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus. The merging
galaxies spew distorted tidal tails of stars, gas, and dust and undergo
fast and furious bursts of star formation. The two supermassive black
holes in the original galactic cores will also coalesce into a single,
even more massive black hole and soon, only one large galaxy will
remain. *Click image for larger size.* This dramatic image of the scene
is a composite of narrowba...more »

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